
A “Dear Colleague” guidance letter, signed by former U.S. Education Department (USED) Secretary Arne Duncan and Acting Secretary John King, warns school leaders against “targeting of particular students for harassment or blame,” particularly Muslim and Syrian refugee students.
by Dr. Susan Berry4 Jan 2016, 8:44 PM PST0

Actress Susan Sarandon visited the daytime talker The View on Monday to speak about her recent trip to the Greek island of Lesbos to assist with the Syrian refugee crisis — and blasted Americans for what she called the “xenophobic” dialogue surrounding the issue in the United States.
by Daniel Nussbaum4 Jan 2016, 3:51 PM PST0

“McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin slammed the “mischaracterization” of Europe’s immigrant influx as Syrian refugees on Friday. “The most over-reported story of 2015: the mischaracterization of the influx of immigrants into Europe as, ‘Syrian refugees’. Many were from as far
by Ian Hanchett2 Jan 2016, 11:07 AM PST0

CNN Correspondent Tom Foreman said that state pushes against accepting Syrian refugees was the “Worst setback for advocates of human rights” in 2015 during CNN’s “All the Best, All the Worst 2015” special. Foreman said, “Worst setback for advocates of
by Ian Hanchett1 Jan 2016, 2:44 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson argued the US should train Syrians in Saudi Arabia and Jordan to fight ISIS, but that he would send US boots to fight ISIS “if necessary” on Wednesday’s “On the Record” on the Fox
by Ian Hanchett30 Dec 2015, 6:37 PM PST0

Susan Sarandon spent the Christmas holiday on the Greek island of Lesbos assisting international organizations with the mounting Syrian refugee crisis — a crisis, she says, that recalls the travails of Joseph and Mary on their way to the Inn in Bethlehem.
by Daniel Nussbaum29 Dec 2015, 6:08 PM PST0

A Minneapolis print-shop owner has started a sticker campaign welcoming Syrian refugees, as a response to those in America who do not embrace the idea of Syrian refugees entering the country, according to a report by MPR News. Mike Davis is
by Trent Baker29 Dec 2015, 3:44 PM PST0

Legendary comedian Jerry Lewis unloaded on President Obama’s foreign policy “uncertainty,” praised Donald Trump’s showmanship, and offered up his own thoughts on the Syrian refugee crisis in a recent interview with the Catholic network EWTN.
by Daniel Nussbaum29 Dec 2015, 1:38 PM PST0

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife are donating $1 million (900,000 euros) to help Syrian refugees, the charities receiving the money announced Sunday.
by Breitbart News27 Dec 2015, 8:08 AM PST0

Just last week, Democrats in the media were guffawing over a poll which showed 30% of Republican primary voters would bomb the fictional city from Disney’s Aladdin. This week a Republican polling group asked a similar question of Democrats, and the results were even more embarrassing, with 44% of Democrats saying they’d support taking in refugees from Agrabah.
by John Sexton24 Dec 2015, 9:41 AM PST0

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings insisted,“We’ve got to be a new America,” during a public radio show interview Monday in which he posited “xenophobia,” the fear of outsiders, would grip the nation unless citizens welcomed Syrian refugees and Central American illegal immigrants.
by Merrill Hope24 Dec 2015, 4:58 AM PST0

A majority of American voters oppose resettling Syrian refugees in the U.S., according to a Quinnipiac University National poll released Wednesday.
by Caroline May23 Dec 2015, 2:00 PM PST0

Texas Governor Greg Abbott tweeted out a reassuring message about the federal government’s anti-terrorism screening process Monday night. He quoted one of the questions in the K-1 fiancé visa application form.
by Bob Price22 Dec 2015, 6:58 AM PST0

Homeland star Mandy Patinkin offered up some advice for those wishing to make Syrian refugees welcome in the United States of America.
by Daniel Nussbaum20 Dec 2015, 1:53 PM PST0

World Relief, one of five Christian charities among the top nine voluntary agencies (VOLAGs) receiving $1 billion a year in payments from the federal government as part of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement program, is leading a political charge calling on American taxpayers to “care sacrificially for the refugee.”
by Michael Patrick Leahy18 Dec 2015, 4:08 PM PST0

The House approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill Friday morning with a majority of Democratic votes.
by Caroline May18 Dec 2015, 7:13 AM PST0

In a shocking break with their party, eight California Democrats supported a GOP bill in Congress that would prevent refugees from Syria and Iraq from entering the U.S. unless the heads of the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and the director of National Intelligence certify that the refugee would not endanger the U.S.
by William Bigelow17 Dec 2015, 1:48 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Florida Senator Marco Rubio said of the omnibus bill “I know enough to say we’re going to oppose it, and I know enough to say that we should use every procedural aspect that we have to slow
by Ian Hanchett17 Dec 2015, 12:23 PM PST0

In the weeks following the terrorist attack in San Bernardino — in which a pair of Islamic extremists gunned down 14 people — California has remained among the top destinations for Syrian refugee resettlement.
by Caroline May16 Dec 2015, 3:48 PM PST0

Congressional leaders have averted a government shutdown and have set new policies, such as strengthening the visa waiver program, according to Reuters.
by Michelle Fields15 Dec 2015, 9:42 PM PST0

President Obama warned against the immigration mistakes of the past Tuesday, comparing Syrian refugees to the Jewish refugees who fled the Holocaust and the plight of Mexican immigrants to the discrimination faced by Catholic immigrants in the past.
by Caroline May15 Dec 2015, 10:30 AM PST0

Tuesday at the U.S. National Archives in Washington D.C. at a naturalization ceremony, President Barack Obama likened today’s Syrian refugees to the Jewish refugees of World War II. Remarks as follows: We haven’t always lived up to our ideals. We haven’t
by Pam Key15 Dec 2015, 10:25 AM PST0

A Siena College poll shows that despite Governor Andrew Cuomo’s stated support of Syrian refugees settling in New York, even liberal New Yorkers are not on board with that decision.
by Austin Ruse15 Dec 2015, 7:43 AM PST0

The year-end spending bill is the last change Congress has to put the breaks on President Obama’s plan to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees to the U.S. despite concerns about the vetting vulnerabilities and national security implications, according to Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX).
by Caroline May15 Dec 2015, 7:26 AM PST0

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum talks to Breitbart News exclusively before the fifth GOP primary debate. “Here’s the reality, not all Muslims are jihadists, but all jihadists are Muslims,” Santorum stated. “We can’t be politically correct to the point where we ignore that reality.”
by Alex Swoyer15 Dec 2015, 7:08 AM PST0